IQA Rulebook - International Quidditch Association

• Persistently or intentionally leaving the pitch.
• Intentionally throwing a ball off the pitch.
• Illegally entering play.
• Illegally substituting.
• Being the team captain when there is an illegal player or set of players on the pitch, in terms
of eligibility, gender, or position.
• Interacting with play as a seeker before the seeker floor has ended.
• Interacting with a seeker before the seeker floor has ended.
• Intentionally and repeatedly moving after the referee has stopped play.
• Repeatedly delaying the game.
• Showing disrespect to an official or persistently questioning the referee’s decisions.
• Using the verbal referee commands with intent to deceive other players.
• Using any illegal equipment.
Sending Off Offenses
A player or substitute is sent off if he commits any of the following offenses:
• Receiving a second caution in the same match.
• Attempting to hurt or deliberately hurting another player. This includes but is not limited to:
A. Using intentional physical contact to the head, neck, or groin.
B. Striking or attempting to strike an opponent.
• Committing serious foul play.
• Exhibiting violent conduct or using excessive force, as defined below.
• Spitting at an opponent.
• Using offensive, insulting, or abusive language and/or gestures.
• Delaying an opposing seeker who has snatched the snitch from returning to the pitch.
• Intentionally interacting with a play while serving penalty box time.
“Using excessive force” is defined as when a player exceeds by far the necessary use of force and is
in danger of injuring his opponent. A player who uses excessive force must be sent off.
The Penalty Box
A player or substitute is sent to his team’s penalty box for any of the following offenses:
• Receiving a caution.
• Being sent off (his substitute is sent to the box).
• Committing any foul on a player in his offensive keeper zone while that player is taking a shot
at an unguarded hoop.
• Committing any foul on a player in possession of the quaffle in his offensive keeper zone as
the only defensive player in the vicinity of the offensive player or hoops.
• Committing any foul on a player in possession of the quaffle in his offensive keeper zone from
behind when one or fewer other defensive players are in the vicinity of the offensive player
and hoops.
• Having an illegal player or set of players on the pitch, in terms of eligibility, gender, or position
(the person who replaces the last offending player is sent to the box, the captain is cau-
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